Henry Toole Clark

Henry Toole Clark
36th Governor of North Carolina
In office
July 7, 1861 – September 8, 1862
Preceded byJohn Willis Ellis
Succeeded byZebulon Baird Vance
Personal details
Born
Henry Toole Clark

(1808-02-07)February 7, 1808
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, US
DiedApril 14, 1874(1874-04-14) (aged 66)
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, US
Political partySouthern Democrats
SpouseMary Weeks Hargrave
Children5
RelativesWilliam Gordon (great-grandson)[1]
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ProfessionPlanter, politician

Henry Toole Clark (February 7, 1808 – April 14, 1874) was the 36th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1861 to 1862 during the American Civil War.[2]

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